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Universities Serve as Champions of Net Zero at COP28

Sustainable Development Network

As the largest UNFCCC Conference of Parties to date, COP28 presented a unique opportunity for universities to take an active role in shaping the implementation of the Paris Agreement around the world, starting firstly on their campuses. We invite you to join our Net Zero on Campus Community to learn more.

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Jeffrey Sachs Awarded 2022 Tang Prize in Sustainable Development for Leading Transdisciplinary Sustainability Science

Sustainable Development Network

The Tang Prize is an international academic award set up to create a better world for all of humanity. The SDSN has produced many highly influential reports, conducted academic studies, offered online courses, and held hundreds of SDG-related meetings around the world each year.

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Public Policy Forum urges government to help finance oil and gas emission reductions

Corporate Knights

The Public Policy Forum report contrasts its proposed “aggressive decarbonization” approach with the calls from many environmental organizations for the government to force the oil and gas sector to cut production if companies can’t or won’t reduce emissions consistent with Canada’s international commitments.

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SDSN at the Latin America and Caribbean Climate Week

Sustainable Development Network

The dialogue explored the vision and challenges for countries to achieve decarbonization by 2050. In the LAC region, Costa Rica and Chile are committed to this goal, along with other countries such as Colombia, currently exploring different pathways towards deep decarbonization.

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Solutions at the Heart of COP22

Sustainable Development Network

The 22nd United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) session of the Conference of the Parties (COP22) successfully brought together climate experts, NGOs, and high-level government delegates to operationalize the Paris Agreement, which entered into force on November 4, 2016.

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Key Messages from the Zero Emissions Solutions Conference 

Sustainable Development Network

The five day online event brought together 74 global technical experts and world-leading scientists, engineers, and innovators from business, academia, and civil society to share knowledge and showcase solutions to maximize climate commitments in the wake of the Paris Agreement.

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Subnational Governments and Private Business step up for Climate Action

Sustainable Development Network

Despite hopeful economic signals in renewable technology markets, climate media outlets have been clear on the simple fact that the national climate commitments made to date under the Paris Agreement simply don’t add up to meet the emissions cuts necessary to keep global temperatures under 1.5C.